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SPECIAL EVENTSWitch Moon Witch Camp : A retreat 9–11 May 2008, Sydney
The Witch Moon Retreat is a weekend workshop introducing you to contemporary and traditional Witchcraft practices. Held in the beautiful hills of Rainbows Reach Retreat on the Central Coast of NSW.
DATE: Friday evening to Sunday afternoon 9–11 May, 2008. More Info...
'The soul of our rituals is in the rhythm of the drum.'
Come away with us and experience the modern Witch's craft that will change the way you see magickal practices. We train people in a contemporary interpretation of traditional Witchcraft using a fusion of wicca, thelema, shamanism and alchemy.
For more information see this link.
Contact Tim
Mob: 0416 339 706
Anatomy of a Witchs' Coven Workshop Melbourne + Sydney
This unique one-day Workshop will explore the outer and inner magickal practices of a contemporary Witches’ Coven. While providing you with the principles of Wiccan ritual we will also look at the uses that myth, magick, trance and dance play in the bonding and transformative process of a working group.
Using both the time honoured techniques of the Craft and more than thirty years practical experience of Coven involvement, Tim Hartridge will facilitate your induction to the work of the Witch. For more information see this link.
Contact Tim
Mob: 0416 339 706
Elemental Intensive - Dorrigo, NSW
A transformative Journey through the Elements. It will include meditations, rituals, studies & activities that will be focused on developing a deep connection with the four elements and their integration into your life & magick. This will be a small group only.
Venue - my home in the bush about 1/2 hr out from Dorrigo, NSW. This is wild, beautiful, powerful country that lends itself well to healing and transformation. Abundant wildlife, great swimming hole, lovely campsites, but yes there are ticks, leeches, snakes, spiders & possibly a yowie or 2...
Accommodation - camping, with access to basic facilities at the house.
Food – bring to share
Cost - donation/work exchange (contact for details)
Facilitator - me (Amargi Woulf) - over 20 years experience in the Craft & related fields, and a lifetime deep love of & connection with nature.
Contact: Amargi
Euphoria Victoria *NEW DATES
From the dim and distant past to the present day Pagans, Neopagans and Earth-honouring people have celebrated the Autumn season as a time of thanksgiving and joyous celebration of the gifts of Mother Earth. They have also recognised this time of year as the turning point of the seasons, the doorway to the downward spiral into the shadow realm to seek the hidden treasures of the underworld.
Euphoria represents a re-emergence of the celebration of the light and dark aspects of nature's bounty. Join us as we call the ancient gods and goddesses with ritual, music and movement. Hear the wisdom of the Earth as it is expressed today in workshops, circles and the joyous celebration of like-minded people.
Due to the nature of the events that are offered at Euphoria, this festival is for adults only, some rituals may contain sexual elements. Before considering attending Euphoria please carefully read all the information on this website, to assist in making an informed decision.Beltaine South Australia
"Take the flame inside you, Burn and burn for me,
Fire seed and Fire feed and make my spirit see..."
Held each year - this year over 17 & 18 November. Beltaine ritual plus workshop and talks. The gathering is run by a collective of local Covens.
Contact Dianne or m.0415-240-149.Wiccan Conference National
Annual conference held around the Spring Equinox. Annual Spring Queen rite, lectures, workshops and presenters.
Burning Man Victoria *NEW DATE 2008
At the turning point of the year Samhain downunder, the Burning Man festival celebrates through the symbols of our wishes the rekindling of hopes in the year ahead.
The site is enclosed in the Angahook State forest, not far from Aireys Inlet (45kms from Geelong and 1.5hrs from Melbourne). Proudly sponsored by Nuada Circle & Pan Awareness Network. Contact Kylie.Mt Franklyn Victoria
Generally held on the last weekend in October.
Send a SSAE to: Mt Franklin Gathering
PO Box 54 Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contact: AconitePagan Summer Gathering National
Held in January each year over 5 days. Rituals. workshops and lectures. A major pagan gathering sponsored by the Church of All Worlds. Contact Kerrieann Winkley m. 0418155867Gateway Spring Festival (Canberra)
Check links for new dates. This gathering is run by Mitakuye Oyasin a Canberra Pagan group. Contact Angela on: 02 62970306 or email at: GatewayNZ Annual Pagan Festival
The Festival with a variety of workshops, stalls, international speakers, rituals and feasting. Last year some 300 pagans camped for the weekend, as well as having over 900 people come through the gates as day visitors.Hollyfrost
Sponsored annually by the pagan Awareness Network it is a traditional Yuletide feast and celebration, with a unique community atmosphere. Held in beautiful bushland surrounds west of Sydney. Booking essentia.
Contact PAN inc.Winter Magic Festival Katoomba
The annual Katoomba Winter Magic Festival is held annually on the Saturday nearest the winter solstice, in late June. It is a festival of celebration of the change of seasons, the spirit of peace, creativity and communal magic, in the great tradition of ancient carnivals of most civilisations, from all over the world.
WITCHES IN YOUR LOCAL AREA
L'Esbat Meet-up Sydney
Occasional event meet-up. For updates please email us.Launceston Pagans in the Pub
We are proud to announce that the Launceston Pub Moots are *back*!!
Last Wednesday of every month (first one is 28th May)
Cock & Bull British Pub, corner Wellington & Elizabeth Sts, Launceston
Table is booked under 'Rose & Jess', upstairs
Time: 7.00pm onwards.
Contact: RoseWitches Meet-up National (+ global)
Held in most main cities. One of the most popular social settings in which to meet other Witches and Pagans. It has been extremely popular in our own local area, running as an informal meeting over drinks. Simply select your country, city and click "continue".!Pagans in the Pub National
There are numerous fortnightly and monthly Pub moots held through out Australia - check for local dates and locations.Newcastle Pagan Forest NSW
This is a site dedicated to people in the Hunter area, The whole idea of this is to have a place that people in the Newcastle area can go to find other Newcastle people with the same spiritual interests.
Pagan Forum South Australia
Explore and learn about different Pagan paths. Held the first Wednesday of each month. On the second Wednesday of each month enjoy a Pagans-in-the-Pub style alternative.
EVENT VENUES
Rainbows Ridge Retreat Wyee, North Coast, NSW 2 hrs - Sydney
Private bushland retreat accommodation venue on NSW Central Coast, specialising in alternate spirituality, healing, workshops and a natural lifestyle, pagan friendly and group bookings.
Contact: Barry and Gillian Vaughan
PO Box 9163 Wyee . NSW 2259
Bookings tel. (02) 43551058Sacred Space, Melbourne, Victoria
A Pagan friendly centre for Holistic living. Holistic massage, aromatherapy, Divine Feminine Hens nights. Workshops, guided meditations and journeywork, hands on healing, Bridal Pampering and Corporate Massage teatments.
Contact: Kat Morgan
Bookings tel. 0439 636 958 or Fax (03) 9561 9932The Grove , Wiseman's Ferry, NSW 2hrs - Sydney
A popular venue for wedding and receptions. The Grove is an excellent venue for events such as, Women’s Weekends, yoga workshops and birthday parties. Also the annual Grove Alternatives day is where people share healing therapies and practices, and people come to meet new people.
Contact: Jacqueline Segal or Profth
Webbs Creak Road, Wisemans Ferry
Bookings tel. (02) 4566 4614
WORKSHOPS
Witch Moon Witch Camp Retreat
Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, 9–11 May 2008
The Witch Moon Retreat is a weekend workshop introducing you to contemporary and traditional Witchcraft practices. Held in the beautiful hills of Rainbows Reach Retreat on the Central Coast of NSW.
DATE: Friday evening to Sunday afternoon 9–11 May, 2008. More Info...
'The soul of our rituals is in the rhythm of the drum.'
Come away with us and experience the modern Witch's craft that will change the way you see magickal practices. We train people in a contemporary interpretation of traditional Witchcraft using a fusion of wicca, thelema, shamanism and alchemy.
For more information see this link.
Contact Tim
Mob: 0416 339 706CASTING THE WITCH'S CIRCLE workshop Sydney, NSW
Regular workshops in the core practises of our local Sydney Coven - An introduction to the core practices used by our local Coven is the focus of this workshop. Learn how to use the Witch's Circle to transform your life and re-establish a connection with the psychic reality. Held ove two consecutive Saturdays (1.30pm - 10.30pm) exploring wicca, ritual and magick.
For a complete summary of course deails see - HERE > .
Expressions of Interest should email for workshop starting dates.
Email: Tim HartridgeAnatomy of a Witchs' Coven Workshop
New dates to be announced.
This unique one-day Workshop will explore the outer and inner magickal practices of a contemporary Witches’ Coven. While providing you with the principles of Wiccan ritual we will also look at the uses that myth, magick, trance and dance play in the bonding and transformative process of a working group.
Using both the time honoured techniques of the Craft and more than thirty years practical experience of Coven involvement, Tim Hartridge will facilitate your induction to the work of the Witch. For more information see this link.
Contact Tim
Tel: (03) 9480 5452
Mob: 0416 339 706Divine Expressions Blue Mountain, NSW
• Celebrating PaGaian Cosmology- Goddess Cosmos - in seasonal ritual. This course is a journey through the eight Sabbats of the Seasonal Wheel -starting April 2007 - learning traditional stories, weaving in our own and those of Gaia - who is this Earth and Universe. The course includes the re-storying of Virgin-Mother-Old One, as Metaphor for the Creative Dynamic that Unfolds the Cosmos, manifests in Earth's life, and may be known intimately in the Self. There is one meeting prior to each Sabbat, and a meeting after each Sabbat, as well as the ritual celebration itself. Through meditations, teaching, sharing of stories, ritual and dance we will become more "famil-iar" with Gaia in ourselves, other and Earth-Cosmos.
Other Courses offered:
• Re-Storying and Celebrating Goddess in you -Virgin/Maiden, Mother/Creator, Old One/Crone
• Entrancing Goddess
Glenys Livingstone graduated in Social Ecology from the University of Western Sydney. Her “action” doctorate in the study of female imagery for the Sacred grew from inner and communal work.
Phone: (02) 4751 6100 or email GlenysPagan Study Group North-Side (Brighton) Brisbane
Study Group meets Second Monday of each month —7pm
For more details Contact: Avalon or PolgaraWendy Rule's Witchcraft workshops Melbourne
The following workshops will be offered this year:
The Magic of Nature and the Four Elements
The Witches’ Goddess
The Witches’ God
Raising Energy in our Bodies – an Introduction to the Chakras
The Magical Voice – Music in Ritual
Mythology and Magic.
Contact: Wendy RuleParacelsus College Adelaide
An educational system dedicated to the living oral and experiential tradition of Alchemy applied in the service of Conscious Evolution. Non-profit educational and research group that provides regular ten-day introductory classes in the Art/Science of Alchemy through spagyrics, astro-cyclic pulsations(TM) and QaBaLa within the context of the vegetable, mineral, animal and human realms.
Contact: Jeannie Radcliffe and Rik DanenbergTemple of the Dark Moon Correspondence Course Adelaide
A comprehensive correspondence course on "Magick, Wicca and Wytchcraft" See link for a complete outline. Email Frances, founder of the Temple of the Dark Moon, if you would like to receive the free introductory lecture.Wytchyways workshops Sydney
Eclectic Pagan workshops designed around a broad variety of themes and bring our local community together in mutual learning and sharing of the many aspects of paganism.Hermetic Magick - Sydney, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast
Classical Hermetic Magick Workshops are an authentic reconstruction of the hermetic magick of fourth century Alexandria in Northern Egypt. Ritual facilitator Tony Mierzwicki has had a decade of experience in the practice of ceremonial magick and regularly workshops and rituals in recreating ancient magickal practices.Tarot workshop Melbourne
Card meanings, layouts, The Fool's Journey, the Elements, Companion Cards, correspondences between the cards and Astrology; also, how to calculate your birth card, your yearly card, and the Quintessential card of a reading. You may find it easier if you have your own deck to use, but it's not essential.NOX meditation ritual Sydney
Workshop and ritual meditation, run on an occasional basis. Exploring myth, ritual, dance and trance for the purpose of personal initiation.
OTHER EVENTS
PAN Full Moon's Sydney
The full moon circles are one of the continuing things that PAN Inc is doing for the community. Started even before PAN officially was by David Garland in March 1997, these events have continued every full moon to this day. New dates see - www.paganawareness.net.auFull Moons with the Temple of the Dark Moon Adelaide
See link for updates on their Full Moon gatherings. Frances, founder of the Temple of the Dark Moon, has been contributor of articles to various Pagan publications.Full Moons with Dark Moon Coven of the Ancient Mysteries
Ulladulla / N.S.W. South Coast
An active coven that practices the magickal arts. Our approach is progressive and in the spirit of the Alexandrian Tradition of Wytchcraft. We facilitate monthly Full Moon Rituals, open to the interested public, Seasonal Sabbat Celebrations, Rite of Passage Ceremonies, inner and outer training circles.L'Esbat Occasional Meet-up Sydney
Hosted by local Sydney Coven Nuit’s Veil – email for up dates.
Desert Moon Dancers Newcastle NSW
Release the Goddess Within!
Perormance and workshops. We also provide a variety of guest teachers who specialise in: Traditional Bellydance, Latain, Tribal, Bollywood & Modern. Learn how to use the tools of the trade!
Our workshops run from our South Wallsend venue.
Contact: Dani on tel. 02 4950 0830.Circus Solarus
Creating contemporary entertainment derived from the traditions of the comic folk ritual of Carnevale. More than 15 years experience in performances, parades, floats, festivals, decorations and mazes for events both in Australia and overseas.Urban Turban
American Tribal Style Bellydance living in Sydney is a contempory bellydance style. Performed and improvised with movements derived from traditional middle eastern dances and other styles such as flamenco and indian. We dance to tradtional middle eastern rhythms and also modern interpretations. Our costuming reflects the dancing style with an eclectic mix of traditional, modified and invented tribal pieces.Spiral Dance
Australia's best know Pagan BandWendy Rule
Well known Australia Witch and professional singer.See here for more musicians and performers >
MORE EVENT LISTS
Pagan Gatherings Australia National List
Pagan Gatherings in Australia is a new portal leading to a diverse array of pagan, wiccan or new age events and gatherings.Witches' Voice International List
Pagan Gatherings, group events, workshops from across the globe.
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